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Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches
Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils constituted in order according to the Scriptures as also the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular Reforming Congregational Churches, humbly proposed as ... a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties the Presbyterians and the Congregationals ... / written by John Eliot.Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils constituted in order according to the Scriptures as also the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular Reforming Congregationall Churches, humbly proposed as ... a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties the Presbyterians and the Congregationals ... / written by John Eliot.
printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1665
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II. If any godly minded Christian, out of a love unto, and zeal for the honour of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, should desire to give, and annex Maintenance unto any of these forenamed Councils, more then conveniently to bear their Charges (as Noble Constantine did for the worldly splendour of the Bishops) it ought not to be permitted, but religiously opposed: for it will certainly prove an Inlet of great Corruption, Ambition, Avarice, and Strife, unworthy and unfit persons will endeavour to Bribe themselves into Places, more for the Wages, then for the Work.
II. If any godly minded Christian, out of a love unto, and zeal for the honour of the Kingdome of Jesus Christ, should desire to give, and annex Maintenance unto any of these forenamed Councils, more then conveniently to bear their Charges (as Noble Constantine did for the worldly splendor of the Bishops) it ought not to be permitted, but religiously opposed: for it will certainly prove an Inlet of great Corruption, Ambition, Avarice, and Strife, unworthy and unfit persons will endeavour to Br•be themselves into Places, more for the Wages, then for the Work.
III. The honour of the Service, and the glory of Christ that is upon the Messengers of the Churches, these are inseparable from the Work, and are as much as flesh and blood (we being in the flesh, and state militant) will be able ⟨p. 37⟩to weather, and keep from running •ground upon.
III. The honour of the Service, and the glory of Christ that is upon the Messengers of the Churches, these are i•separable from the Work, and are as much as flesh and blood (we being in the flesh, and state militant) will be able ⟨p. 37⟩